The Sanskrit term Indrāśana can be transliterated into English as Indrasana or Indrashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (ayurveda)

Indrāsana (इन्द्रासन) refers to one of the sections of the Kokasāra by Ānanda Kavi (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kokasāra is a Hindi rewriting of the Kokaśāstra, a famous Sanskrit work of the Kāmaśāstra tradition. [...] In this manuscript [of the Kokasāra] the sections are distributed as follows: [e.g., iṃdrāsana (208v4)] [...].

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Indra-asana.—(IA 23), hemp. Note: indra-asana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Indrāśana (इन्द्राशन).—

1) hemp (dried and chewed).

2) the shrub which bears the seed used in jeweller's weight, (guṃjāvṛkṣa).

Derivable forms: indrāśanaḥ (इन्द्राशनः).

Indrāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and aśana (अशन).

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Indrāsana (इन्द्रासन).—

1) the throne of Indra.

2) a throne in general.

3) a foot of five short syllables.

Derivable forms: indrāsanam (इन्द्रासनम्).

Indrāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and āsana (आसन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Indrāśana (इन्द्राशन).—m.

(-naḥ) 1. Hemp, dried and chewed. 2. The shrub which bears the seed used as a jeweller’s weight, (Abrus precatorius.) E. indra and aśana food: the food of Indra.

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Indrāsana (इन्द्रासन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. The throne of Indra. 2. Any throne. E. indra and asana a seat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Indrāśana (इन्द्राशन):—[from indra] m. hemp (dried and chewed)

2) [v.s. ...] the shrub which bears the seed used as a jeweller’s weight, Abrus Precatorius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Indrāsana (इन्द्रासन):—[from indra] n. the throne of Indra, any throne

4) [v.s. ...] a foot of five short syllables.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Indrāśana (इन्द्राशन):—[indrā+śana] (naḥ) 1. m. Hemp.

2) Indrāsana (इन्द्रासन):—[indrā+sana] (naṃ) 1. n. Indra’s throne.

[Sanskrit to German]

Indrashana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Asana, Indra.

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